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Dystrichothorax victoriae Baehr, 2004 (a species of ground-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Baehr, M. (2004). The Amblytelini. Taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Psydrinae). Coleoptera 8: 1-286.

TMAG collections

Classification
Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Adephaga

Superfamily: Caraboidea

Family: Carabidae

Subfamily: Moriomorphinae

Morphology
Typical length (mm): 9
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Baehr, M. (2004). The Amblytelini. Taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Psydrinae). Coleoptera 8: 1-286.

Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — At light (with use of light-trap) — Emergence trapping from log of Eucalyptus obliqua — Hand collection (substrate not specified).

Source ecological literature:
Yee, M. (2005). The ecology and habitat requirements of saproxylic beetles native to Tasmanian wet eucalypt forests: potential impacts of commercial forestry practices. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.

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